Henry s



(No Model.)

H. St REYNOLDS.

'7 V Watering Pot.

No.. 2 36,359. Patented Jan. 4, 1881.

zan

71 317295; awqww 455- NPEI'ERS. PHDTO-LITHOGRAFHER WASMNGTON 0 C UNITED STATES HENRY S. REYNOLDS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE IRON OLAD MAN- UFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATERlNG-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,359, dated January 4, 1881.

Application filed August 24, 1580. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the rose screws onto this rose-holder, and is Be it known that I, HENRY S. REYNoLDs, detachable therefrom. The rose and rose-holof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State der are not shown in the drawings; but it is of 'New York, have invented certain new and intended to use such devices of the ordinary 5 useful Improvements in Watering-Pots, of construction.

which the following specification is a descrip- In practice I take two pieces of metal of tion. the proper size, stamp them up to form the This invention consists in making the cylcylinder and spout, and then unite the edges inder and spout of a watering-pot of the same bygrooving them together. This construction to pieces of metal by forming them of two pieces forms a brace, 1), between the spout and cylof metal stamped up to the requisite shape. inder, and the edges of this brace are over- Heretofore such cylinders were made of a lapped by a metal strip, which is fastened 6 straightpiece of metal, worked up in the shape thereto by riveting right through it and the of a cylinder, and having its edges soldered brace. The bottom 0 and breast D are then I5 together at the center. A hole was then made fastened to the cylinder'by grooving, and the in the front part of the cylinder near the bothandles H H and nozzle 00. are attached, all tom to connect with the spout, which was solas above described. The whole structure is dered to the cylinder at this opening. The rethen galvanized, and the material used in this sult of this construction was that the waterprocess fills in around the seams and makes 20 ing-pot would be liable to leak at the point them perfectly water-tight.

where the spout was soldered to it. The advantages of this construction of a The object of this invention is to obviate watering-pot over those heretofore in use are this difficulty by making the spoutof the same" that its manufacture involves considerable pieces of metal as the cylinder, and thereby less labor, thereby lessening the first cost.

25 absolutely preventing leakage at this point. The spout is part of the cylinder and. cannot In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is be knocked off in use, nor will there be any D a side view of a watering-pot the cylinder and danger of leakage. 1n the old style of pots 8o spout of which are made according to my imthe spout would frequently become detached provement. Fig. 2 is a transverse section from the cylinderwhile in use, orhe bent, there- 0 thereof, taken on the plane of the lineman, Fig. by weakening the joint between it and the cyl- 1. 3 is a vertical section taken on the inder and causingleakage. Besides this, this plane of the line y y, Fig. l; and Fig. at is a joint would very often be imperfectly made transverse section taken on the plane of the and the pot would leak at this point.

line 22 Fi 1. What I claim as mv invention and desire v a s u v u 3 5 Similar letters of reference lndlcate correto secure by Letters Patent, 1s

sponding parts in all the figures. 1. In a watering-pot, the combined cylinder In the drawings, A designates the cylinder and spout made of two pieces ot'metal,stamped 0 of a watering-pot, and B the spout formed of up to the requisite shape and joined together two pieces of metal stamped up to the requisite by grooving, substantially as herein shown and 4o shape. The edges are grooved, so as to tit specified.

snugly together and make a tight joint front 2. The combination of the combined cylinder and rear. and spout A B with the bottom O, breast D, 5

O designates the bottom and D the breast. handles H H, and nozzle at, substantially as These parts are fastened to the cylinder in the set forth, for the purposes specified.

5 same manner as the edges of the cylinder are 3. The combination of the cylinder A, spout joined together, although any other suitable B, and brace b with the bottom 0, breast D, means may be employed. handles H H, and nozzle n, substantially as H and H designate the handles, which are set forth, for the purposes specified.

riveted or otherwise secured to the pot.

. 0 n designates the nozzle, which fits over the HENRY REYNOLDS end of the spout and is fastened thereto. This Vitnesses nozzle 12 supports the rose-holder, which is ARTHUR W. SELLERS,

soldered or otherwise fastened to its end, and ERNEST O. WEBB. 

